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The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-09-24
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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-10-21

The SWELLING OF THE OYSTER
Oysters, il seems, may be- svol'
len very considerably by allowing
them to lie awhile in water. ~
This means, Prof Atwater tells US,
"tbe body of the oyster Acquires
such u plumpness and r~otnndliy,
aud its built and weight are 50 H.
creased ~ Ia materially increase
its selling valne."
Now. the simple Oysiernlan, -
we'll as tue nnsOPbIsiicafed cuslo'
m'r. has snpIHSed that this swell
Hng or "fatIrning" Of the oyster
epreSrhis IN actual gain OF nfsn
aud tat. Blu the professor ruaeg
1isIrls the theory by the crushing
. PLANTATION that The increase Of .
nne il Just What would ne exlees
al frnm the Osm0Se Of dpiyso-
subject to this terrifying irecess
asr Quarts of oysters grow 70 ~;
hut the extra qHaFt Is water sDu
not iatness, and fhe dealer 'o1s.s
his customers no more nntntse
maieial-inderd, q tribe less--u
he six quarts than be would ~
done iH the Eve quarts y DC ~
not fOatrd them"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-10-21

A pOsSUM FOR CLEVELAND -
Howard Horton, the lat, greatN,
black negro hose voice has echoed
and Ic-p0hUed through the Fourth
NaId in many Il political compasgn,
stood in front OF the kimhdlI last
night saAiu2
"%llere's one publican co!Ord
voter who is patiently waitiu' for
President Cleveland, Sure.'
"Aud why are YOU waiting tor
hlm, Howard = asked sOmc one
present.
"NhS is waitin'? Cause l has
lot just even thirteen fat, iuIC\
'noSSumS, and lis agwInc To drrs.
one OF dem "id particular pains for
tat man, an | knows he'll eat H..
You eau bet dat tour legged lnui
VII he pnt nj 'cosdns to queens
'as e, and uen u gong to COOK II
700. Does yuu guess tie Presidrm,
will eat it y
.'Cnni teil.n
"Wtli, il be don't eat il he AMI
Democrat fer sure. Cause all
likes 'po>sum. II arr dr
s"ert"St meat in de world and Drm
know what is gond. I'll he
p"sSum dat dc President viii tai
~ ttdRtG Constitution.
Hive your job Printing dom
It III" DEMOCRAT STAR office.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-10-21
The Road q, na,tiesburg.



A eOml deal muIe mi at m Sal,
than has already been saii ~ iaNOl
of the proposed road IRON Nozzle
Jackson by WAY uf Haliieshur-
Mr. Hamper, ut the meeting OF III
corpOratorS, alluded to he impetus
given la The lumber industry of hal
section b, the construction at the
road frOm Mrriulan to New Orleans,
ue remarked, W IL was reported,
that there are now over a hundred
SaN mills on the line OF that road.
There can be but little question that
more han IL hundred sdwmilIs would
vt art up along or contiguous TO the
line from Mobile TO Jackson.
Ii these alills average a cut of ten
thousand feet per day, the work OF
each mill would represent u daily
income OF one hundred dollars. The
hundred mills would produce mate
rial vaIned Al $4,000 i day, or $3.50,
600 Il month, or $3,O00,000 a year.
Every dOllarOf that money would
be bundled here at Mobile. Our
merchants would supply The mills
ami feed the operatives, aud sell 10
tue country stores supported 10y The
tdmilies OF those emf,l0, ed in the
forest. Que fourth of thai SUI
wOuId go 10 The railroad for trans
por lou of sawn tlmber and boards
to Mobile aud provisions back to
the mills. fins would amount 10
S750,O00 a Seae, one tbird ot which,
$3.50, 900. would he neI. This sum
OF $25O,000 represents the interest
al eight per cent. on owe three mil
lions OF dollars. Tue road from
here TO H.dtieSbnrg eau br buili
and equipped tor two million dol
1t Ought to be able To get a
grant of Government lands, which
S0ou as the road is open could be
sold At once Tor bail a million. This
would reduce The debt 10 81. 500, 900,
the interest on which at The ex-
IRENE rate of 8 per cent. would DC
s120, 900 Il year. The business of
fifty mills would pay this, not TAX
ny into consideration the business
tone in hewn timber, spars and
naval stores.
This enterprise should be pushed
onward to success. The people OF
Mississippi are in earnest, aud the
people OF Mobile, who will derive
he greatest benefit from 1t, should
end their friends over the border Al
hand.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-10-21
Post.,aice and Mails.

P~Osrofhce open from 8 an. to s pm.
every day.
On Sundays open from to loan. and
from I TO 2 pm.
Letters for register will be received
turing the week IRON 8 n N. till 3:3Op N
Il Letters registered on Sundays, npraite'
sOurs on week DAYS. %.
ARRIVAL All DEPARTURE OF NAILS.
fr0m ScraHf6H-Anrives at s:35 s.m. aud
Ills pm. Departs AZ 9ls an and
3.45 Pm.
Lakcsriue R~onis--Arrives on Wedaes-
days aud Safurdavs af 6 pm Departs
on Mondays sud Thursdays a. 6 an
A. BLUMER. P. NJ.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-10-21
Tegarden Hotel.
Mississippi City, Miss.

The undersigned having purchased the
above named Hotel, Which is within 2O0
feet Of the depot Of the L. and N. X. II ,
near where the depot of the Gull and Ship
island X. X. will be, and on the Beach Of
the Gulf of Mexico. l have thoroughly
repaired the buildisg aud furnished it
with new furniture. Am prepared 10 e've
hrst-class accommodation TO II limited
numbe Of guests at reasonable rates.
The Hotel is supplied with tho purest
Of water from an a~rtesiaD well. The taole
supplied with the best the markets afford.
and every attention for the comfort of
guests will have his personal attention.
Would respectfully refer to The guests
that were with me at Gulf View Hotel
last sumner HIP ATKINS, Prop'r.
May "a, 1857. 13-ly
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-10-21

When President Cleveland Eas
IT Madison he showed those ~
vent with him that be knew .
catch bass. Now we think go
ChHl les Asiuihe Dan viii hets
hard job u he tries 10 cOuvlacs IVY
people that the President got
knowledge OF fishing Ont Of
cNrhpelia. When it cou,es %
msiier Of the President kpocs'ss
out every one on q dsh caieni
Dsua win bare 70 keep mnD
charge Of plagisEism viii nos
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-10-21
THE PICAYUNE,
fhe Leading Newspaper Of The South.

THE DAILY PICAYUNE
10 independent and fearless in its oditO-
rial conduct. 1t has the widest and
most complete system OF news gathering
By telegraph and correspondence, and
she most accurate and complete mar
ket, commercial and financial state
AontS published Ia New OrleAna
THE SUNDAY PICAYUNE.
Which may be taken separately from
she daily subscription service, 10 full
q complete in all news departments,
With the added features Of household,
fashion and society talk. and . feast Of
choice original and selected literary
matter for home reading. The special
writings of Catharine Cole, Henry
Haynie Paris correspondent, Jennie
June, Aollio Moore Davis. and many
others, appear in the Sunday issue.
THE WEEKLY PICAYUNE.
This mammoth l6-page paper is the
best aud cheapest weekly paper pub.
lished in tho South. In . condensed
T il contains ali the news of the
week. the Dream of all literary matter
and the best special features of the
SUNDAY. issue, with an important Agri-
cultural Department and the Latest
Market Reports. The Weekly is pub
hshed every Thursday, and reaches ~
subscribers for Sunday reading.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-10-21
.PasCagOuIa Hotel,
ON TIE BEACH,
East PaScagOula, Miss.
JOHN z. CLARK, Proprietor.

This well-known Hotel having been
thoroughly repaired. re.painted aud new.
~ furnished throughout, is now open for
the reception of boarders. 1t is one of the
most pleasantly situated Hotels GU the
Cult Coast being Immediately on the
Coast fronting the sea, where salt water
bathing, fishing, ETC., is unsurpassed in
the South. 1t is within one-milc. and-a
half If the depot of the Louisville and
Nashville X. X. Hacks meet all trains.
RBOard by the day, week or month as
reason able as anywhere on the Sea Coast.
March 4. 1857. I-6m
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-10-21

Lei YOUR influences be felt nn The
side OF truth, justice aud common
Srai' II" Ihls end give vigorous
Hin 10 sustain good schools, goui
ehiircaes aud good government.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-10-21

Robert Lowry. Governor G.. D. Shanda. Leu
ienant Goveuori Geo. n. G0tan- Secretary 81
State ". ". Store. AudifoT Pablo Accountsf
MIler. Aftsrner5,eSet.i u. II. Prerian. super.
intendHur 81 Public Educnfinn q. W Chrisle.
commh eiounr q ImnirTrfion and Anhulture
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-10-21

N"vri say an Ill thug OF y p-Isnn
When thou ssnst say a good Thing
OF him.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-10-21

To do q kind act is the proof ~
euod mun3 not bragkiaf aioa.
hoNsref. ia the rroef ot 3 no3
mar.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-10-21

Teacher 10 mythology class
Nh" >upp Hird the world on his
should~nr
Nas Aila~,7 answered one.
iraea~r--Gou uho supported
AN gave q az when one girl
"a rk--l, ~r,l bet his
So s-fps.tea aimF
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-10-21
-bancery Court Seventh Di

ChanCePY Court -SeVonLn DlSL.
SYLVANUS EVANS. Chancellor.
Jackson csgnty, first Monday OF March and Sep
tember. continuing six days.
Hanissn county, seeoud Monday IN Mafch am
September continuing ak days.
Hancock county. third Monday In Marco AM
September. continuing atx days.
Greene county, s~qond Monday N Apf1l ana ID
tober. continuing H daya
Marion county. fonTth Monday In March and
September. c0nfinHing siK days.
Perry county. FIRST Monday after the fourth Mon
day Ia March and September, continuing ak DAYS.
Wayne county. fourth Monday after tho fou' u
Monday Of March and September, conftnuing ss
DAYS.
Clarke county. Grst Monday in May and NOrea
Der. containing st days.
Iauderdale county. third Monday Of hsy and
November. continuing twelve DAYS
Kempor county. second Monday In May and No.
vember. continuing six days
Monthly rules of Cbaneery Coan on first Mon
day IN each month.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-10-21

well, johnnie, Sou have gotten.
nome again, ~ = asked A urishhor
"Yes sir.s
eating q
NJ sir, bsen out fhrre living on
gfandpa to save fSlr-iis,-s ~ ho,ne y
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-10-21
.G.HendersOn.

r. 8. BOARDMAE. Master.
MAKES daily trips to Psarlinetou, Log
town and Gainesville.
Connects wish The coast recommendation
tfaia, morning and eveninR. and also With
ea@t-osand crain from New Orleans
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-10-21
THE COU RTS
REGULAR TERMS.

Circuit Court Seventh District
SAMUEL II. TEf;EAL. Judge.
4 il. NEVILLE. District Attorney
Clarke county, first Monday in February an,
August, continuing twelve DAYS.
Kemper county, inst Monday In March anf
September, continuing twelve days.
Lauderdals county first Monday in July ant
January. continuing twenty-four Judicial days q
business requires.
WAYNE county. first Monday in April and OcIo
ber, continuing six DAYS.
Greene county, second Monday in a pril and De
tobeT, continuing six days.
Perry county, fourth Monday Of April and
October. and continue six DAYS.
Marion county. first Monday Of May and M
vember, and continue siN days.
Hancock county. second Monday Of May and
November, and continue six DAYS.
Harrison comfy. fourth Monday Of May and
NOveD Der, and continue six days.
Jackson county first Monday Of June and De
emher, and continue six DAYS.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-10-21

Have yonr job Printing don,
ut III" DEMOCRAT STAR office.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-10-21

Ladies' Gents aud Cbilireu's Go. be,
CLEANED BY 81. Chemical Dry PnceSs With
out faAing 10 pieces. ami wafrsuied not
10 shrink feathers Bi-ached, DYED add
Cuiied. Parasols Cleaned and Drf.
silks NelFeis. Pine LaceA Lace Cuuarna
Cashmercs BlHukets etc. Gloves cleaned.
DYES W~ARRAETEP F4YT.
- All counav work entrusted 10 ms
VII receiye careful and prompf a~ireutnn.
eTtrnbra 1sT. Sen
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-10-21
Pc u RIVER.

From Lookout station on The N. Q. ana
n. Railroad, for PeaFlington. Logtowu
snd Gainesville, the fast propeller.
, 1887-11-19

Bridger's appearance indicated his age
to be 4S, but he was remarkably spare and
thin Of flesh and nearly six feet in height.
Altogether he was the most remarkable
white man l ever met on mountain or
plain in his personal appearance and de-
meanor. Dressed in the clothing of a
white man, he seemed to wear it as a
stranger to the garb of civilized life.
Surrounded, as he had been, so many
years by constant dangers, that even while
sitting ut a camp fire in the midst of white
men his eyes were taking in every moving
object in the entire circle of his vision,
slowly moving his eyes from over one
around to gaze over the other
shoulder 80 as to complete the circle, TAX
ing in everything as far as he could see,
this everlasting watch had become a fixed
habit; he vas the embodiment of eternal
vigilance. John F. Oliver In Magazine
Of American History.
, 1887-11-19

Even to-day one will find in many Ken
lucky households survivals of the old
order-flnd "Aunt Chloe ruling as a
despot in the kitchen, and making her
will the pivotal point Of the whole domes-
tic system. I have spent nights with a
Kentuckian, self-willed and h~igh-spirited,
whose occasional r~efusals to rise for q
half past 5 o'clock breakfast always
brought the cook from the kitchen up to
his bedroom, where she delivered her
commands in a voice worthy Of Catherine
the Great. 1--WE shall have to get up"
he would say, ''or there'n be a row."
One may yet see, also, old negresses set
ting out for an annual or a semi-annual
visit to their former mistresses, and bear
ing some offering-a basket of fruits or
flowers 1 should like to mention the
case of one who died after the war and
left her W. children to her mistress, to
be reared n educated The trouble
some and expensive charge was taken
and faithfully executed James Lane
Allen in The Century.
, 1887-11-19

l have heard a great deal In the way of
"Reminiscences o the America recently.
Her designer, George Steers, was pretty
badly treated it seems. Stevens offered
him $50, 900 for a BOAT that would lead in
the yachting contests. The contract be-
ing that she was to win all three of a GER
tain series of races, Stevens threw her
back on Steers hands because she was de-
feated in n of them, though she had am
ply proved her capacity and superiority to
anything atioat. Steers was In a great
state, for he could not afford to own her
and was owing for the material of which
she was built. He was so close pressed
that he took an offer OF $40, 900, and only
found after the sale was completed that
Stevens was the real purchaser, the other
man being the unacknowledged agent.
Steers had his opinion of such sharp
practices, but nevertheless took SO keen
an interest IN his work that he consented
to go over in her to England. Stevens
was very high with him and never asked
him into the cabin. He lived in the fore
castle during the whole expedition. When
the ~Englishmen, however, found out that
Steers was the man who built the boat
which defeated them, many more of their
invitations went to him than to the mar
who merely owned it by dint of a score of
thousands n some slippery work.
Steers staid in the forecastle, but he went
from there to dine on board the yachts of
the richest and most exclusive mobiles of
England, and Stevens found himself
rather at a discount. AT least that is the
story as given to me.-Brooklyn Eagle.
, 1887-11-19

In them matter of sense organs we are
met by serious difficulties of interpreter
Ion. AS said the Danish naturalist Fab
;icius, nearly 100 years ago, "nothing in
natural history is more abstruse and
litiicult than an accurate description OF
he senses of animals" And this alb
itruseness and difficulty is more keenly
.elt in studying creatures SO widely differ
mt from ourselves as the bee. Such al
insect would seem at first sight to be
bout as susceptible to the d~elicacies OF
ouch as an ancient armor sheathef
Knight. Head, thorax, abdomen, limb,
all are ensheathed in chitinous armor.
The bee has his skeleton outside. AS al
American gentleman ono observed IL
my hearing, the main difference between
IN insect and a vertebrate is this, one i
composed of flesh and bone, the other il
composed of skin and squash.
The question is, how can delicate i'm
p~ressions of touch be transmitted through
The tough, dense skin so as to affect tho
sensitive squash within2 If you vii
examine n of the feelers of the bee you
will see that the surface is richly supplied
with hairs. 1t is by means of such sens
lairs that the bee experiences a sensation
If touch. Each touch hair is hollow, anG
within it is a protoplasmic filament con-
Gaining, it would seem, the delicate ter
ninal threaded of a nerve. A curiou
modification Of the touch hairs is founC
On the last joint of the antenna. The,
Iro here bent sharply at right angles S,
Is to form rectangular booklets. -AIur-
rays Magazine.
, 1887-11-19

The spectator, during the scrimmage,
can hear an almost constant TOW of con
versation from the captain to his men,
.exhortations to play hard or put tn,
ball through" or apparently s~uperGuous
information on every kind of subject con-
nected with the game. He is really man
aging his team, telling them to whom
the ball is to be passed next by the quar-
ter back and what players are to do spe-
cial pieces of work connected with the
play. Every sentence has its pregnant
word, con~ventionalized to mean to the
players something quite different from
the meaning which the opponents will
probably attach to it; and the whole sys-
tenn, carefully memorized and practiced
for weeks, enables the captain to keep bis
team well in hand throughout the game.
Each team has its pet system of signal
ing, which it fondly imagines to be I'M
discoverable: while the first few min
utes Of a great" game arc spent in
studying the signals of the opposing team,
to see whether they have been changed
since the last season.-Alexander John
ston in The Century.
, 1887-11-19

The natives of India are a gentle, re-
fined, art loving people. In no country,
Italy not excepted, is the love of art more
innate; and nowhere is there presented a
higher standard of taste in figure posing
and OF effect in color combination, whether
in embroidery, weaving or painting. In
pottery and brass work their patterns are
those which, for thousands of years, have
most pleased Observation-Disclosures OF
slender. graceful, curved parts with mas
sive parasitic same as are found in the
pyramids OF Egypt, in the tombs of Cyprus
and in the ruins Of Pompeii, and as today
are initiated in the art pottery Of Dresden
and Worcester. Nothing can exceed in
richness OF coloring, delicacy and per.
lection of work, their paintings on ivory,
especially figure p~ainting-the most diff
cult OF all. They are ~passionately fond of
ornaments, OF dress, of music, of flowers
and delicate perfumes. They love nlumi-
mated books; are fond Of coin collections,
and the dwellings OF the wealthy are
models Of exquisite taste in furnishings
and decorations; and in architecture, the
world might be challenged to produce the
equal Of that dream in marble-the Tai of
India.-Journal OF the Military Service
Institute.
, 1887-11-19

A large cable, fastened to stakes, en-
circled us round, on the outside of which
walked the soldiers who guarded US. They
all walked the same way, and the soldier
whose post was No. l bawled out when he
neared either end of his walk, "Rigbt
aboutl' which was the signal for all the
guards on duty to right about at the same
time and so prevent any chance of a pris-
oner's crawling away unperceived. I was
struck with this wise precaution on the
part of the enemy, for already 1 was be-
ginning to look for some chance to get
away, and doubtless others of those chat
ing Confederates were doing the same.
As it was, the regular tramp, tramp of
the soldiers feet and the clock like Fright
aboutl" Of the master of ceremonies con-
WINGED US all Of the hopelessness Of any
such undertaking. I had no blanket, and
so, with a heavy heart and a weary head
and wide open eyelids which sleep refused
to visit, lay down alongside of my men on
the bare bosom OF mother earth, one of
the most miserable and wretched of men.
-Ex-Confederate Colonel In Philadelphia
Times.
, 1887-11-19

Turgeneff was very neat about his per-
son, changing his underclothing every
day, etc. P~olonsky's surprise at his man
ner Of brushing his hair led to the state
ment of a curious fact with regard to Tur-
geneff's kull 81 brush 1t, fifty times on
the right side. fifty on the left, then 1 take
this comb and pass it through 100 times.
What are you surprised att There is still
another comb-a fine one." Then he ex-
planned that his love of brushing his hair
was inherited from his mother, who was
once seized with q mania for dressing
everybody's hair. She combed the heads
of tie maids, and once in Moscow called
a poor old invalid soldier in from the
street, seated him at her dressing table,
combed, arranged and anointed his hair,
and then CAV him money and dismissed
him. In continuation of this subject he
mentioned the curious fact above referred
to. He was convinced hat his temples
had never grown over in infancy and that
his brain was covered only by the skin on
the spot where there is a slight depression.
"When 1 was at boarding school," he
said, 81 felt a sort of giddiness whenever
the children tapped on my temples with
their fingers, and as children never nave
any mercy, sometimes they pressed my
temples Intentionally and almost made me
faint"
Turgeneff was not wholly wrong on
on this point, for when the doctors exam
ined him after death they found that his
skull was very thin, and possibly it was
thinner still on his temples, SO that it act
uany did yield unde strong pressure,
particularly in childhood.
He was as particular as he was person
ally neat. He always put things In or
der when he found them strewn about
the children's playthings, clothing, etc.
like a nurse And Oppa wbeD ha had
forgotten to put his scissors in place, he
got u of bed, lighted a candle, and only
went back when everything on his writ
ing table was In due order. He could not
write II anything was out of place
Miss Hapgood in The Independent.